Aerobic and Anaerobic Capacity in cricket Athletes

The game of cricket over the years has received some attention from researchers, mainly focusing on English cricket and the effects it had on West Indian culture in the aftermath of industrialization (Maguire and Stead 1996). There are three formats of cricket played at the international level - Test matches, One-Day Internationals and Twenty- 20 Internationals (Petersen et. al., 2010). These matches are played under the rules and regulations approved by the International Cricket Council (ICC 1998).Test cricket is the traditional form of the game and One Day Internationals also known as ODIs are a pacier format which started in 1971 but gained in popularity from the 1980s (ICC 1998).Twenty-20 Internationals are the newest, shortest and fastest form of the game (Petersen et. al., 2010). Every sport has its specific requirement of aerobic, anaerobic fitness and haemodynamic variables which helps a player to perform better in it.